A/HRC/41/11 98. Turkey appreciated the efforts to fully implement the Ohrid Framework Agreement, the ratification of the Istanbul Convention and the establishment of a National Coordination Body on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 99. Ukraine welcomed the ratification of a number of international human rights instruments, including the Istanbul Convention. It praised the adoption of the Strategy for Reform of the Justice System, as well as strategies and national action plans on promoting gender equality, non-discrimination and on combating human trafficking. It commended the efforts to harmonize the national legal and institutional framework with international human rights instruments. 100. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recognized the progress made by the Government, particularly through the adoption of a new media law, constructive engagement with civil society organizations on judicial reforms and parliamentary oversight of intelligence agencies. It welcomed the establishment of the national unit for countering illegal migration and human trafficking. It urged the development of effective legislation to counter hate crimes, tackle corruption in prisons and investigate all reported crimes against journalists. 101. The United States of America was encouraged by the progress made in increasing the transparency, accountability and independence of the judiciary. However, it noted the need for sustained efforts to implement reforms to combat and prosecute high-level corruption in order to restore public trust in State institutions and in the fairness and integrity of the judiciary. There were also remaining challenges regarding widespread discrimination, including some case of violence targeting ethnic minorities and Roma. 102. Uruguay commended the adoption of the National Action Plan for Gender Equality 2018–2020, the Strategy for the Roma 2014–2020 and the proposed amendments to the anti-discrimination law to include sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited grounds of discrimination. It recognized the commitment of the Government to the international instruments for the universal protection and promotion of human rights. 103. The head of the delegation thanked the participants for the frank dialogue and reiterated the commitment of the Government of North Macedonia to upholding and protecting human rights. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 104. The following recommendations will be examined by North Macedonia, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the forty-first session of the Human Rights Council: 104.1 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Croatia) (Slovakia); 104.2 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, as previously recommended (Portugal); 104.3 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Czechia); 104.4 Ratify the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), of the International Labour Organization (Denmark); 104.5 Advance consideration of the ratification of instruments that have already been signed (Georgia); human rights 104.6 Consider adhering to international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, including the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, among others (Honduras); 11